Webster's 1828 Dictionary
DADE
v.t.To hold up by leading strings.
Webster's 1913 Dictionary
DADE
Dade, v. t. Etym: [Of. uncertain origin. Cf. Dandle, Daddle. ]
Defn: To hold up by leading strings or by the hand, as a child while he toddles. [Obs. ] Little children when they learn to go By painful mothers daded to and fro. Drayton.
DADE
DADE Dade, v. i.
Defn: To walk unsteadily, as a child in leading strings, or just learning to walk; to move slowly. [Obs. ] No sooner taught to dade, but from their mother trip. Drayton.
New American Oxford Dictionary
Dade County
Dade Coun ty |dād ˌdeɪd ˈkaʊnti | a county in southeastern Florida, on the Atlantic coast, that includes Miami and many suburbs as well as much of the Everglades; pop. 2,398,245 (est. 2008 ). Formally called Miami-Dade County.
Oxford Dictionary
Dade County
Dade Coun ty |dād ˌdeɪd ˈkaʊnti | a county in southeastern Florida, on the Atlantic coast, that includes Miami and many suburbs as well as much of the Everglades; pop. 2,398,245 (est. 2008 ). Formally called Miami-Dade County.
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